Weekend exclusive: Slack can’t be blamed for ‘quiet quitting’ says VP November 6, 2022 Tech could be a solution rather than a driver of the ‘quiet quitting’ phenomenon, says Slack vice president Pip White. Working at one of the biggest winners of the pandemic, White is understandably reluctant to admit that the remote working tool contributed to one of the most talked about working trends of 2022. A recent [...]
US law firms get their money’s worth by working lawyers almost 14 hours a day November 5, 2022 London trainee lawyers at top US law firms are working nearly 14 hours a day, new research shows. Junior and trainee lawyers at Chicago headquartered firm Kirkland & Ellis work the longest hours, in starting at 9:19am and clocking off at 11:11pm, research from Legal Cheek shows. The rankings show all ten of the law [...]
Bill Nighy puts in the performance of his life in Living November 4, 2022 Despite having his big movie break in his late 40s, Bill Nighy is one of those character actors who feels like he has been around forever, providing strong support in everything from Pirates of The Caribbean to Pride. In Living, he gets the rare chance to take the lead in a movie that may just [...]
A Dead Body in Taos is a smart sci-fi that swings and misses November 4, 2022 A Dead Body in Taos starts promisingly. A young English woman is called to New Mexico following the sudden death of her mother. Daughter Sam’s initial shock at her mother’s apparent suicide grows exponentially when a tech company claims to have created a digital version of Kath, with her last wishes being to live on [...]
Iceland food boss ‘working day and night’ to keep pint of milk under £1 but price rises ‘will get worse’ November 2, 2022 The boss of Iceland has said he “doesn’t know” whether the price of a pint of milk can be kept under a pound, but is “working day and night” to stop it. Richard Walker made his comments on Amol Rajan’s podcast this morning, after joining a campaign to expand free school meals to children whose [...]
UK in Recession: an Overview of What Could Happen & How You Can Take Advantage November 1, 2022 Recently, the Bank of England has issued a warning about a slowdown in economic growth towards the end of 2022, with similar worries persisting into 2023. Overall, the upcoming emergence of a recession has been fuelled by a mix of several detrimental dynamics for the UK. Uncovering the Dynamics that Lead to Recession The United [...]
Blockchain firm Valereum given green light to acquire Gibraltar Stock Exchange November 1, 2022 Blockchain platform Valereum has received regulatory approval to complete the acquisition of the Gibraltar Stock Exchange.
DWF launches menopause policy in bid to tackle legal sector’s staffing crisis November 1, 2022 DWF has launched a new firm-wide policy to support women going through the menopause, as it seeks to boost its retainment of staff in the face of an exodus of older women from the UK’s workforce. The UK law firm’s policy seeks to support DWF employees going through the menopause with a view to raising [...]
Design thinking – are we getting it right? November 1, 2022 Design thinking is a fragile and elusive process – the more you try to tie it down with procedure, the more you take the magic away. Imagine defining a step-by-step formula for making friends – “start by talking about the weather…” and so on – this is plainly absurd. An overly prescriptive approach will destroy [...]
Londoners’ anxiety skyrockets 57 per cent due to rising bills, going out less November 1, 2022 Almost sixty per cent of Londoners are increasingly anxious about rising energy bills, with millions eating less healthily and staying in more to save cash. The human impact of the cost of living crisis continues to deepen, with new figures exposing a deep generational dive between young professionals and over-65s. The data, published by Personal [...]